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5. It\u2019s ok to be wrong. It\u2019s ok not to know. Find the answer. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n Resourcefulness and humility are a powerful combination. I have seen our techs apply these two qualities again and again. Our techs are knowledgeable, and they have a lot of experience. But technology is constantly changing. So, there are a lot of times when they come across a problem for the first time. Rather than backing away from the challenge, our techs get on the grind and look for the answers. They get frustrated when it feels like they\u2019ve hit a dead end, but they keep looking. To date, we have never left a customer without a solution to their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can be difficult to admit you don\u2019t know something, especially when you\u2019re supposed to be the expert. Once you realize you don\u2019t know, the best course of action is to swallow whatever pride you might have and look for the answers. Not knowing something or getting something wrong is not a deal breaker. Being relentless about finding the answers is a gamechanger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inventing the World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Technology is a changing field. Every day someone invents a new way to do something, new software, new devices. The people behind these innovations are inventing the world. They are creating and re-creating the world in which others live. Everyone\u2019s lives have been changed by people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The creative spirit that drives technological innovation could easily be applied to any other field. We are not all techs, but whatever our niches might be, if we thought of our work as something that could change the world as we know it, we would work and build with more energy, vision, and life. Wherever you find yourself, in whatever industry you work, get inspired. Find a better process for doing something. Write it down. Invent the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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